One new death along with 62 new COVID-19 cases were recorded yesterday.
According to the Ministry of Health, Guyana’s COVID-19 death toll now stands at 514. The latest fatality was identified as an 82-year-old man from Region Four who died while receiving care at a medical facility.
Meanwhile, the 62 new cases that were reported have increased the total number of confirmed cases to 21,668. These came after 1,933 more tests were done thus boosting the total number of tests done to date to 212,205.
According to the regional distribution of COVID-19 cases, the majority of new cases were reported in regions Four and Six with 28 and 18 cases respectively. There are now 1,149 active cases, 97 of whom are in institutional isolation while another 1,052 are in home isolation.
Some 12 persons are currently patients at the COVID-19 ICU while 130 more persons have recovered raising the total number of recovered cases to 19,993.
